Weather or door strip



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JOHN A. O. LIVONI, OF MARION, KANSAS.l

WEATHER OR DOOR STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 619,587, dated February 14, 1899.

Application filed May 28, 1898. Serial No. 682,086. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. O. LIvoNI, of Marion, Marion county, Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather or Door Strips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to weather or door strips; and my object is to produce a device of this character of such simple and durable construction that it cannot get out of order from ordinary usage and will reliably prevent the entrance of wind or water into the house below the door.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts,as will be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understoodl willproceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents in perspective a part of a door and door-casing and a weather-strip embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a cross-sectional View of the same. Fig. 3is a similar View with the door closed.

In said drawings, l designates the door-casing, and 2 the door, having its lower edge beveled upwardly and inwardly, as shown at 3, and its lower outer corner provided With a wear-plate or bracket 4, secured as shown or Y in any other suitable manner.

5 designates the door-sill, and in lieu of the usual carpet-strip thereon and below the door I employ a hollow metallic box 6 ofthe same general shape or configuration as the carpetstrip which it replaces. It is provided with a bottom 7, sloping downward and outward, and at the base of such incline are the openings or slots 8, through which water that may have obtained access to the interior of the box or strip in any manner may flow and escape.

The box or strip is provided at its upper side and for aboutitsfnll length with an opening 9 and a suitable distance below the same and near its front margin with a rod l0, or in lieu thereof a pair of rods or bolts 10, as it is unnecessary for the rod to extend the full length of the box or strip.

11 designates a guard-plate which when in its normal position, as shown in Figs. l and 2, completely fills the opening 9, and said guardplate is provided for its full length with a flange 12, depending from its rear or inner margin,and at its ends with depending flanges 13, provided at their lower edges with semicircular notches 14, engaging the bolt or bolts 10. When in its normal or horizontal position, as explained, the flanges 12 and 13 rest upon the bottom 7 of the box or strip, and the rounded cam 15 projects upward from the front edge of the guard-plate at the end corresponding to the free edge of the door, as shown clearly in Fig. l, and consequently is in position to be engaged by the wear-plate 4 when the door is closed, as shown in Fig. 3.

When the door is closed, it is swung freely over the guard-plate until the wear-plate 4 strikes the cam l5 and tilts the front edge of the guard-plate downward until such movement is limited by the contact of its rear odge with the under side of the door, and said plate maintains this position as long as the door is closed. It is therefore apparent that if water be blown under the door it will be compelled to flow up the inclined surface of the guard-plate ll before it can enter the house. This action is by no means probable; but even if it did and should pass the rear edge of said plate it would ow down the back flange l2 and into the box or strip, and then, by reason of the inclination of the bottom of the latter, it would escape by Way of the openings 8, externally of the door. Vhen the door is opened, the plate by force of gravity resumes its original positionthat is, drops back to the position shown most clearly in Fig. 2with the rear ends of flanges 13 and flange 12 resting on the bottom of the box. It is also clear that no perceptible draft can be established beneath the door, owing to the fact that the rear flange l2, which is not a necessary element to prevent rain from passing into the house, closes up the space be` tween the rear edge of the guard-plate l1 or the lower edge of the door and the rear margin of the opening 9. i

From the above description it will be apparent thatl have produced a weather or door strip which, being composed of no fragile parts and embodying no springs,cannot break or get out of order under ordinary service and which affords no projections upon which a dress or other garment could be caught and injured as the wearer passes in or out, and it.

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is to be understood, of course, that changes in the form, proportion, detail construction, or arrangement of the parts Will not be considered a departure from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A weather or door strip, comprising a hollow box having a downward and forwardly sloping bottom, openings at the front edge of same, and an opening in its upper side, a pivot-bolt below and near the front edge of said last-named opening, a guard-plate provided with a depending'rear flange and depending end flanges, the latter pivotally engaging said bolt, and a cam projecting upwardly from the latter forward of said pivotal point, and adapted to be struck by the door in closing substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A weather or door strip, comprising a hollow box having a downward and forwardly sloping bottom, openings at the front edge of the same, and an opening in its upper side, a pivot-bolt below and near the front edge of said last-named opening, a guard-plate provided with a depending rear flange and depending end flanges, the latter pivotally engaging said bolt, and a cam projecting upward from the latter forward of said pivotal point, in combination with a door, having its lower edge beveled upwardly and inwardly and provided at its front and outer corner with a wear-plate for contact with said cam, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. O. LIVONI.

Witnesses:

W. S. MoULToN, S. F. GLASS. 

